Little Deuce Coupe

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Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	One of the landmark Mike Love vocals. This is one those songs, so common in the early 1960's, with three verses, a short chorus, and a bridge... a full song, in other words, but when you look at the CD timer as the song fades out, you're astonished to see that barely 1 1/2 minutes have elapsed. Interesting to find out that the "pink slip" referred to in the bridge has to do with the bill of sale, indicating that the car is paid for. For years I thought the pink slip had to do with the Deuce Coupe's owner losing his job, presumably from hot-rodding so much instead of working.	Bruce Beatlefan	January 14, 2008

Lyrics

Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got
Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got

Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don't even try
Cause if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

Just a little deuce coupe with a flat head mill
But she'll walk a Thunderbird like (she's) it's standin' still
She's ported and relieved and she's stroked and bored.
She'll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar
And if that aint enough to make you flip your lid
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy

And comin' off the line when the light turns green
Well she blows 'em outta the water like you never seen
I get pushed out of shape and it's hard to steer
When I get rubber in all four gears

She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got

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